diff --git a/ext/central-controller-docker/Dockerfile.conda b/ext/central-controller-docker/Dockerfile.conda
index 844e01ec2..6c131abe8 100644
--- a/ext/central-controller-docker/Dockerfile.conda
+++ b/ext/central-controller-docker/Dockerfile.conda
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ RUN echo "/opt/conda/envs/central_controller/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/conda-cent
 ADD ext/central-controller-docker/main-new.sh /main.sh
 RUN chmod a+x /main.sh
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/main.sh"]
+SHELL ["conda", "run", "--no-capture-output", "-n", "central_controller", "/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["conda", "run", "--no-capture-output", "-n", "central_controller", "/main.sh"]
diff --git a/ext/central-controller-docker/main-new.sh b/ext/central-controller-docker/main-new.sh
index 79249e579..08f427bf9 100755
--- a/ext/central-controller-docker/main-new.sh
+++ b/ext/central-controller-docker/main-new.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-conda init
-conda activate central_controller
+# conda init
+# conda activate central_controller
 
 if [ -z "$ZT_DB_HOST" ]; then
     echo '*** FAILED: ZT_DB_HOST environment variable not defined'
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ if [ -n "$DB_SERVER_CA" ]; then
     echo "secret list"
     chmod 600 /secrets/db/*.pem
     ls -l /secrets/db/
-    until /opt/conda/envs/central_controller/bin/pg_isready -h ${ZT_DB_HOST} -p ${ZT_DB_PORT} -d "sslmode=prefer sslcert=${DB_CLIENT_CERT} sslkey=${DB_CLIENT_KEY} sslrootcert=${DB_SERVER_CA}"; do
+    until pg_isready -h ${ZT_DB_HOST} -p ${ZT_DB_PORT} -d "sslmode=prefer sslcert=${DB_CLIENT_CERT} sslkey=${DB_CLIENT_KEY} sslrootcert=${DB_SERVER_CA}"; do
 	    echo "Waiting for PostgreSQL...";
 	    sleep 2;
     done
 else
-    until /opt/conda/envs/central_controller/bin/pg_isready -h ${ZT_DB_HOST} -p ${ZT_DB_PORT}; do
+    until pg_isready -h ${ZT_DB_HOST} -p ${ZT_DB_PORT}; do
 	    echo "Waiting for PostgreSQL...";
 	    sleep 2;
     done